Arrest made in baby Veronica case

Child not yet returned to adoptive parents

The toddler's biological father turned himself in to face charges for failing to turn the child over to her adoptive parents. Now a state sheriff says he is working to figure out how to bring Veronica from Oklahoma to her adoptive parents in Charleston.

For the first 27 months of her life, baby Veronica lived with her adoptive parents, Matt and Melanie Capobianco in South Carolina. But in 2011, the South Carolina Supreme Court gave her paternal father Dusten Brown custody.

The court cited the 1978 federal Indian Child Welfare Act, which favors a Native American child living with his or her extended family over non-native Americans.

“This is a life that is happy where she is at,” said Brown.

The Capobiancos have been fighting to get Veronica back since, and the emotional custody battle went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled Veronica should be returned to her adoptive parents.

That has not yet happened.

“I'm going to fight until I have no fight left in me, until they say you can't fight no more,” said Brown.

Veronica's adoptive parents made that same promise.

“I expect Oklahoma law enforcement to escort me to the premises where my daughter is said to be held and, if necessary, arrest anyone who attempts to hold her captive," said Matt Capobianco.

Brown turned himself in Monday, after being charged with custodial interference, but refused extradition to South Carolina.

“This is a continuing felony. It is a continuing crime,” said Charleston Country Sheriff Al Cannon.

Veronica is currently in the care of her paternal grandparents and Dusten Brown's wife.

A spokeswoman for Nikki Haley says the governor is working closely with law enforcement and the state of Oklahoma to get Veronica home safely.

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